Testimony for the Congressional Off-Site Hearing: “Addressing Bidenflation and Biden’s Energy Crisis.”
Alex Epstein
Alex Epstein is a philosopher who applies big-picture, humanistic thinking to industrial and environmental controversies. He founded Center for Industrial Progress (CIP), a for-profit think tank and communications consulting firm focused on energy and environmental issues, in 2011 to offer a positive, pro-human alternative to the Green movement.
He is the author of The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels.
Memorial Day: What We Owe Our Soldiers
To send soldiers into war without a clear self-defense purpose, and without providing them every possible protection, is a betrayal of their valor and a violation of their rights.
On The Unjust Punishment By The U.S. Government of the Incredibly Life-Giving Oil and Gas Industry
Alex Epstein’s testimony for a hearing by the House Natural Resources Committee on May 19, 2021.
Why We Should Celebrate Fossil Fuels on Earth Day
How human progress, and the use of fossil fuels, has made our environment cleaner and healthier.
Do 97% of Climate Scientists Really Agree?
Is it true that 97% of climate scientists agree that climate change is real?
The New Moral Case for Fossil Fuels
For the last five years, Alex Epstein's 2014 New York Times bestseller, The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels, has been one of the most important books in the world of energy policy, influencing leading politicians, executives,...
What’s the Deal with the Green New Deal?
There’s been a lot of talk about The Green New Deal. Beyond the headlines, what is it really? Given our energy needs, is it practical? Can we have an abundance of energy and a clean planet? Alex Epstein, the author of The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels, considers these...
The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels (Exploring Minds)
In this full episode of "Exploring Minds", Michele Carroll and Alex Epstein explore his reasons behind writing "The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels". Alex breaks down the importance of energy, our current options available to use for energy,...
The Green New Deal, Not Climate Change, is an Existential Threat
The core idea of the Green New Deal, endorsed by virtually every Democratic Presidential candidate, is that the government should rapidly outlaw fossil fuel power and rapidly replace it with renewable power, mostly from solar and wind. This would be the most radical...
Fossil Fuels: The Greenest Energy
To make earth cleaner, greener and safer, which energy sources should humanity rely on?
How To Be a Climate Thinker
Video: The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels
“Mankind’s use of fossil fuels is supremely virtuous—because human life is the standard of value and because using fossil fuels transforms our environment to make it wonderful for human life.”
The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels (Video)
Mankind’s use of fossil fuels is supremely virtuous — because human life is the standard of value, and because using fossil fuels transforms our environment to make it wonderful for human life.
Sierra Club “forward on climate” rally is a “blackout rally” opposition leader says
On Sunday, February 17, the Sierra Club will lead what is being billed as the world’s largest ever “climate rally.” “This is a blackout rally,” said Alex Epstein, President of the Center for Industrial Progress (CIP). “The Sierra Club doesn’t just want to outlaw the...
The Meaning of New Year’s Resolutions
The solution to failed New Year’s resolutions is not to abandon the practice, but to supplement it with a broader resolution–a commitment to a goal-directed life.
What We Owe Our Soldiers This Veteran’s Day
This Veterans Day, we must call for a stop to the sacrifice of our soldiers and condemn all those who demand it.
What to Resolve This New Year
This New Year’s, resolve to think about how to make your life better, not just once a year, but every day.
A 100% Private Option for Health Care: A Truly Progressive Idea
Everyone seems to have a different take on how to solve Americas health-care problem. But notice that every solution offered involves some elaborate new system of government controls. Different proposals include a public option, mandatory insurance for individuals,...
Net Neutrality vs. Internet Freedom
Google has no more right to demand that Verizon be “neutral” with its network than Verizon has a right to demand that Google be “neutral” with its coveted advertising space.
Punishing Google for Its Success
The Obama administration's Department of Justice recently announced that it will dramatically increase enforcement of antitrust laws against successful, dominant companies who allegedly harm competition by wielding too much "market power." What sorts of companies?...
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